Naval News Navy 2025
Australia Tests HIMARS Rocket Launcher On Amphibious Assault Ship HMAS Canberra And Landing Craft
On 2 December 2025, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) quietly marked a turning point in its long-range fires posture by embarking the M142 High-Mo...
ALERT: China’s naval expansion and 100-ship surge increase military pressure on Taiwan and East Asian allies
China executed its largest maritime surge in the East and South China Seas, according to a Reuters summary of intelligence reports released on Dece...
Romania Secures Hisar-Class Corvette from Türkiye to Bolster Black Sea NATO Shield
On December 3, 2025, Romania formally signed an intergovernmental contract with Türkiye for the acquisition of the Hisar-class light corvette Akhis...
Royal Australian Navy completes first trials of Edge 130 tri-copter drone aboard patrol boat
The Australian Ministry of Defence confirmed on December 1, 2025, that the Royal Australian Navy concluded its inaugural test campaign of the Edge ...
EDEX 2025: ULAQ's 15 MPV drone signals a new step in Türkiye's autonomous naval warfare
At EDEX 2025, the ULAQ 15 MPV was presented as one of the newest multi-purpose variants of Türkiye’s first armed unmanned surface vessel program, w...
Egypt presents USV-AIO-001 unmanned vessel with Eagle-2 weapon station at EDEX 2025
At EDEX 2025, Egypt’s Arab International Optronics (AIO) introduced the USV-AIO-001, an unmanned surface vessel equipped with the Eagle-2 remote we...
China Converts Civilian Cargo Ship Into Maritime Directed-Energy Platform With LY-1 Laser Weapon
On November 30, 2025, images shared on Chinese social media showed the LY-1 high-energy laser weapon system bolted to the open deck of a civilian r...
India to commission INS Aridhaman as third Arihant-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine
INS Aridhaman, India’s third indigenously-built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, is set to be commissioned soon after entering the fina...
U.S. Navy USS Gerald R. Ford in Virgin Islands Confirming Aircraft Carrier Presence Near Venezuela
On December 1, 2025, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) arrived in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, in a deployment that reflects shifting U.S. securi...
British Navy’s Future Type 26 Frigates to Field MBDA STRATUS LO Cruise Missile for Advanced Strike
On 1 December 2025, the UK Government formally confirmed that the Royal Navy’s future Type 26 frigates will embark the new STRATUS LO strike missil...
USS Tripoli Amphibious Assault Ship Enhances Indo‑Pacific Airpower With F‑35B Night Operations
On November 29, 2025, night flight operations from the USS Tripoli (LHA 7) in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations highlighted how a forward-deplo...
US Navy accepts last Freedom-class USS Cleveland as LCS program ends
On November 26, 2025, the U.S. Navy accepted the delivery of the last Freedom-class USS Cleveland (LCS 31) from Fincantieri Marinette Marine, marki...